Burkina Faso begins 3 days of mourning after al-Qaida attack

Sunday Alamba

Published 3:45 pm, Sunday, January 17, 2016

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A victim of Saturday's gun attack at the Splendid Hotel receives treatment at a hospital in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. The overnight seizure of a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso's capital by al-Qaida-linked extremists ended Saturday when Burkina Faso and French security forces killed four jihadist attackers and freed more than 126 people, the West African nation's president said. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

A victim of Saturday's gun attack at the Splendid Hotel receives treatment at a hospital in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. The overnight seizure of a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso's capital by

A victim of Saturday's gun attack at the Splendid Hotel receives treatment at a hospital in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. The overnight seizure of a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso's capital by al-Qaida-linked extremists ended Saturday when Burkina Faso and French security forces killed four jihadist attackers and freed more than 126 people, the West African nation's president said. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)